ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2008
Prevalence and factors associated with thriving in older adulthood: a 10-year population-based study.
Article in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Associations of smoking and alcohol consumption with healthy ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.BMJ open · 2018Pooled it
- Successful aging and its discontents: a systematic review of the social gerontology literature.The Gerontologist · 2015Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Multifactorial assessment and targeted intervention in nutritional status among the older adults: a randomized controlled trial: the Octabaix study.BMC geriatrics · 2015Trial
- Toward a positive aging phenotype for older women: observations from the women's health initiative.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2012Trial
- Physical and Behavioral Factors Associated With Improvement in Physical Health and Function Among US Women During Midlife.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Apolipoprotein ɛ4 Allele and Subjective Cognitive Functioning in Parents of Adults With Disabilities.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2020Article
- Aging Well: Observations From the Women's Health Initiative Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2016Article
- Health, lifestyle, and gender influences on aging well: an Australian longitudinal analysis to guide health promotion.Frontiers in public health · 2014Article
- Alcohol use patterns and trajectories of health-related quality of life in middle-aged and older adults: a 14-year population-based study.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2012Article
- An examination of healthy aging across a conceptual continuum: prevalence estimates, demographic patterns, and validity.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2012Article
- Midlife and aging parents of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: impacts of lifelong parenting.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities · 2011Article
- Long-term Effects of Child Death on Parents' Health Related Quality of Life: A Dyadic Analysis.Family relations · 2010Article
- A healthy bottom line: healthy life expectancy as an outcome measure for health improvement efforts.The Milbank quarterly · 2010Review
- Sex differences in the relative contribution of social and clinical factors to the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 measure of health-related quality of life in older home care clients.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2009Article
- Socioeconomic status and age variations in health-related quality of life: results from the national health measurement study.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2009Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundInterest in the determinants of "successful aging" is growing. Nonetheless, successful aging remains ill defined, and its appropriate measurement is hotly contested. Most studies have focused on the absence of disability or deficits in physical performance as outcomes. The present study extends this research by using the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3), a multidimensional measure of health status, to examine the maintenance of exceptionally good health among older participants in the Canadian National Population Health Survey (1994--2004).
methodsThe maintenance of exceptionally good health in old age was examined prospectively among 2432 individuals (65-85 years old at baseline) who met the inclusion criteria. The participants were classified into one of four health trajectories: thrivers (who maintained exceptional health with no or only mild disability), nonthrivers (who experienced a moderate or severe disability), the deceased, and the institutionalized.
resultsIn 10 years of follow-up, 190 (8%) were thrivers (HUI3 score > or = 0.89 at all interviews), 1076 (47%) were nonthrivers, 893 (36%) died, and 273 (9%) were institutionalized. The maintenance of exceptionally good health among the elderly participants was related to younger age at baseline, socioeconomic status (higher income), psychosocial factors (including lower psychological distress), and behavioral factors (never smoked and moderate alcohol use).
conclusionsThe maintenance of exceptionally good health in old age is related, at least in part, to modifiable lifestyle factors. However, elevated socioeconomic status also distinguishes those who are able to maintain exceptionally good health.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.